Lantern-holder.



L. OLIANa Patented Dec. 27, 1`910,

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NETE@ IYIE @PATENT @Efii LESLIE OLIAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LANTERN-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, LESLIE OMAN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lantern-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which* Figure l is a side elevational view of my new lantern-holder, showing the same in position on a dash-board and a lantern supported thereby; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my new lantern-holder; and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line Fig. l.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in lantern-holders, the object being to provide a neat, simple, and attractive device of the kind described, which can be manufactured at comparatively slight cost.

l/Vith this object in view, my invention consists in the novel construction of my lantern-holder, all as will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

As shown in the drawings, my lanternholder is preferably made or formed of one piece of comparatively strong, spring wire, which is bent or doubled upon itself, as at l, thereby providing the two strands 2 and 3. The strands 2 and 3 are irst bent or spread apart for a short distance, providing` the loop 4, which is adapted to bear or impinge against the back of the dash-board or other support 5 when the holder is in operative position. The said strands 2 and 3 are then brought together and intertwined, as shown in Figs. l and 9., throughout their length, except at their ends, providing the body portion 6 of the holder, which body portion is bent or doubled, as at 7, see particularly Fig. l, forming a substantially U-shaped' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 9, 1909.

Patented Dec. 27, i910.

sei-iai No. 512,00.

The wire of my holder is sufficiently resilient or springy, so that, when the holder is in position on a dash-board or other support, it will not readily or easily become dislodged from its proper position by any shocks or jars imparted to said dash-board or other support, the loop 4C providing a firm broad bearing for the holder against the rear of said dash-board or other support 5, while the strands 2 and 3, preferably at the end of said body portion G, bear or inipinge firmly against the front of said dash-board or other support.

My holder, as will be seen, is suHiciently strong for all uses to which it is applicable; it is simple and inexpensive; and while, as stated, it will not readily become dislodged from proper position on a support by shocks or jars, yet it may be easily removed from said support with the lantern attached and afterward again placed in proper position by the user whenever desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A lantern-holder comprising a single piece of wire doubled into two strands, said strands being intertwined throughout the greater part of their length and bent substantially U-shaped, thereby providing an intertwined body portion adapted to yieldingly fit on a support, and one of said strands being doubled upon itself at its end to provide a lantern-supporting eye; substantially as described.

2. A, lantern-holder comprising a single piece of wire doubled into two strands, said strands being first spread apart to provide a bearing-loop 4l and then intertwined to provide a body-portion 6, the said intertwined body-portion being bent substantially U-shaped and adapted to yieldingly it on a support, and one of said strands being doubled upon itself at its end to provide a lantern-supporting eye; substantially as described.

lantern-holder comprising a single piece of spring wire doubled into two strands, said strands being first spread apart to provide a bearing-loop Ll and then brought together and intertwined throughout their length, except at their ends, providing an intertwined body-portion 6, said body-portion being bent substantially U-shaped' and 1 In testimony whereof, I have signed my adapted to yieldingly fit on a support, one name to this specification in the presence of of said strands being doubled upon itself two subscribing witnesses.

at its end to provide ai lantern-supporting LESLIE @LL/XN. 5 eye, and the end of the other of said strands lVitnesses:

being bent outwardly and projecting below JACOB SAPIN,

said eye; substantially as described. DAVID ALLnRsTEiN. 

